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The North Carolina Community College System has honored Jessica Brown, of Bear Creek, a science instructor at Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus, with the 2008 R.J. Reynolds Excellence in Teaching Award. The award, a plaque and an $8,000 check,  was presented during the NCCCS’s Day of Recognition Awards Luncheon Nov. 21 at the RBC Center in Raleigh. The award recognizes the full-time instructor from the system’s 58 community colleges who exemplifies the highest standards of instruction and professionalism in the classroom and who consistently demonstrates excellence in service to their college and community. 

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The North Carolina Community College System has honored Jessica Brown (third from left), of Bear Creek, a science instructor at Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus, with the 2008 R.J. Reynolds Excellence in Teaching Award. The award, a plaque and an $8,000 check, was presented during the NCCCS’s Day of Recognition Awards Luncheon Nov. 21 at the RBC Center in Raleigh. Pictured (from left) are Anne-Marie Knighton, board member of the State Board of Community Colleges, who announced the winner; SBCC vice chair Linwood Powell; Brown; Dr. Bud Marchant, president of Central Carolina Community College; Tommy Payne, of R.J. Reynolds, Inc.; and Dr. Scott Ralls, president of the NCCCS. The award recognizes the full-time instructor from the system’s 58 community colleges who exemplifies the highest standards of instruction and professionalism in the classroom and who consistently demonstrates excellence in service to their college and community. 

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Jessica Brown (right), of Bear Creek, a science instructor at Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus, hugs her husband, Barry, after receiving the 2008 R.J. Reynolds Excellence in Teaching Award from the North Carolina Community College System. The award, a plaque and an $8,000 check, was presented during the NCCCS’s Day of Recognition Awards Luncheon Nov. 21 at the RBC Center in Raleigh. The award recognizes the full-time instructor from the system’s 58 community colleges who exemplifies the highest standards of instruction and professionalism in the classroom and who consistently demonstrates excellence in service to their college and community. 

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The North Carolina Community College System has honored Jessica Brown (center), of Bear Creek, a science instructor at Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus, with the 2008 R.J. Reynolds Excellence in Teaching Award. Shown with her are Dr. Matt Garrett (left), CCCC president from 2004 to August 2008, and Dr. Bud Marchant, who became president in August. The award, a plaque and an $8,000 check, was presented during the NCCCS’s Day of Recognition Awards Luncheon Nov. 21 at the RBC Center in Raleigh. The award recognizes the full-time instructor from the system’s 58 community colleges who exemplifies the highest standards of instruction and professionalism in the classroom and who consistently demonstrates excellence in service to their college and community.